The end-of-year cascade of lists, ballots, scorecards, and rankings can mean a lot of the same: It’s all “Anora” this, “Conclave” that. While IndieWire’s own list of the best films of ...

(The movie did pick up some Film Independent Spirit Award nominations, as did other films on this list, like “The People’s Joker,” also high on IndieWire’s list of the year’s best queer films.) From ...

But with so many big, flashy studio films and Netflix originals to choose from, it can be difficult for the indie films that flood the streamer to stand out. For sure, a place in Netflix’s library can ...

Sundance is in crisis, but the best films that played this year suggest that crisis might be the engine of its renewal.